Michiel Deroos
Senior Software Engineer at Artera
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Top SchoolMichiel Deroos is a Senior Software Engineer based in Halifax, Nova Scotia with seven years of experience building backend-first systems while also shipping frontend and mobile features. He has led full-stack development at Sempo—owning APIs, React frontends, a React Native Android app, blockchain workers, and AWS-driven DevOps—demonstrating an ability to design end-to-end fintech platforms. Comfortable and productive in fully distributed teams, Michiel has repeatedly delivered integrations and client-facing APIs for remote teams across North America and Australia. Recently he’s focused on fintech work that emphasizes financial inclusion, pairing scalable backend engineering (Python, Scala, Postgres) with analytics and performance optimization. An early career background in data-heavy systems and prototype-driven product work gives him a practical knack for turning exploratory proofs-of-concept into reliable production services.
7 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Computer Science, Computer Science, Bachelor of Computer Science, Computer Science at Dalhousie University
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Github Skills (16)
kotlin10
cryptocurrency10
nfc10
crypto10
financial10
ussd10
android9
infrastructure9
android-app6
react5
ios4
react-native4
bot-framework1
bots1
slack-bot1
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
teamsempo/SempoBlockchain
Jan 2020 - Jan 2023
Sempo crypto financial inclusion infrastructure with USSD, Android and NFC Payments
Contributions:17 releases, 267 reviews, 439 commits in 3 years
financialpaymentsfinancial-inclusioninfrastructureandroid
teamsempo/SempoMobileApp
Nov 2021 - Sep 2022
React Native based Android app for use of the Sempo platform
Contributions:3 reviews, 47 commits, 23 PRs in 10 months
reactreact-nativeandroidandroid-appios
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